Reports: At least 2 dead as car plowed into Christmas market in Germany's Magdeburg | DW News



A car was driven into a crowd of people at a Christmas market in the central German city of Magdeburg on Friday night.bAt least two people have been killed, according to Saxony-Anhaltโ€™s state premier, Reiner Haseloff. City spokesperson Michael Reif said there were โ€œnumerous injured,โ€ with media reports suggesting that number to be around 70. Police have taken the driver into custody, according to local government sources cited by Germanyโ€™s dpa news agency. Authorities say the individual, a Saudi national, is not known to have Islamist ties. Authorities have closed the Christmas market and emergency services are at the scene. A spokesperson for Magdeburg University Hospital told dpa that the first 10-20 victims have already arrived at the facility, adding, โ€œWe are currently gearing up [for more]. Intensive care beds are ready.โ€ No information about the driver of the car been released and despite wild public speculation on social media sites authorities in Magdeburg have avoided any statement on a possible motive. Fridayโ€™s incident did, nevertheless, trigger memories of a 2016 attack on a Berlin Christmas market. That crime, perpetrated by an Islamist in a stolen truck, killed 13 and injured more than 70.

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32 thoughts on “Reports: At least 2 dead as car plowed into Christmas market in Germany's Magdeburg | DW News”

  1. There are 5 dead and not 2. About 41 injured people are in a very critical condition, 86 others are simply 'seriously injured' and almost 80 people have been slightly injured, German media report. In total, more than 200 people are said to have been injured, in addition to the 4 fatalities.

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  2. What a jokeโ€ฆ there is no a โ€œprobablyโ€ on that kind of terrorist attack. And say the things are they are, not a โ€œcarโ€. Why are media avoiding to say the truth, the reality as it is.

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  3. The european liberal politicians who enabled these massacres of european natives, are the same ones calling Polish politicians racist for securing the polish border, ebabling security of Polish natives.

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